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Democrats need to show some and fight. What's the Constitution say about a President* who's under criminal investigation for conspiracy against the country and tampering with his own election nominating justices? https://t.co/U2qso78vjG

Because the Supreme Court hasn't broken our hearts enough this week, today Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he plans to retire from the Supreme Court, effective July 31. This gives Mango Unchained the ability to appoint a new Justice. While said Justice would need to be approved by a majority in the Senate, the Republicans currently control the Senate, so things don't look good for abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, union rights, etc.

Justice Ginsburg is much stronger and healthier than most of us (including me) but I still want her to live in a bubble for the next 3 years just in case.

Hey hey, fuck off everyone who voted for Trump or didn’t vote at all. The SCOTUS is going to be a dumpster fire and it’s your fault and we’re going to have to live with that for the rest of our lives. 👏👏👏👏

Every single institution or agency in our government is being dismantled by this administration. Congress, gone, SCOTUS, gone, the Executive branch, in the hands of a madman, the FBI, DOE, EPA, etc. etc. etc. And you thought it couldn’t happen here.

Democratic candidates have won the last 43 out of 46 elections since 2017.

In California, which has a jungle primary, so many Dems voted in 10 races (out of 53), that the only names on the ballot for those Congressional candidates will be Democrats. So they've already won 10 of the seats needed to take back Congress in the midterms. They need 14 more.

It has to do with governments... I wanted to make a post but I couldn't find any celebs talking about it. This is a problem... people think life outside of the US is swell just because Hollywood isn't focusing on it.

Far-right politician Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party claimed the development as a major victory, while senator Marjolein Faber-Van de Klashorst called it “a historical day because this is the first step to de-Islamise the Netherlands”.

like I keep seeing stuff about the US being nuts, but a lot of what we're freaking out about are things that other countries already have done, or are policies that effectively already exist (sometimes in more extreme forms) in other countries.

yes I was often really upset about the state of things in the U.S. and I truly thought this must be hell on Earth, then I traveled a bit and realized these types of things or even worse are happening all over the world. I guess I can't expect ONTD to be unbiased as this website is heavily influenced by Hollywood and American media. The shit happening abroad barely makes a blip in international news.

also UGH i hate to be a "whatabout" type of tumblr person but i guess Australia has been dividing families and putting them in detention centers for a while now and while I did hear about it I only heard about it in reference to how bad Trump would be.

"Australia is systematically violating the international Convention Against Torture by detaining children in immigration detention, and holding asylum seekers in dangerous and violent conditions on Manus Island, a United Nations report has found."

Again, idk how to find celebs talking about this enough to make a post... but at the same time people should care no matter where it's happening.

Turnbull explained, repeatedly, that the US was only obligated to look at taking 1,250-2,000 “basically economic refugees from Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan”, and that Australia had committed to actions in return.

“I think we should respect deals,” he said.

“Why haven’t you let them out?” Trump asked. “Why have you not let them into your society?”

“OK,” said Turnbull, “I will explain why. It is not because they are bad people. It is because in order to stop people smugglers, we had to deprive them of the product. So we said if you try to come to Australia by boat, even if we think you are the best person in the world, even if you are a Noble [sic] Prize-winning genius, we will not let you in. Because the problem with the people –”

Trump interjected, to say: “That is a good idea. We should do that too. You are worse than I am.”

I fucking HATE our current government. VVD/PVV/FDA will just keep getting away with everything and people will continue to vote further and further right and dismantle every social institution we have left.

Plus that logic doesn't make sense because they'll always be able to use it to fire up their base, even once it's illegal. They'll just move to "the evil Democrats will bring abortion BACK!" but the "stop the baby-murdering whores" theme will stay exactly the same.

Roe being overturned would mean abortion legality would be decided by state. The vast majority of states would keep it legal. I’m not trying to undermine the significance of it being overturned, but a lot of people don’t know.

MTE. The news crisis fatigue is real. And I can’t handle being the black friend or the gay friend that people reach out to so that they can have things “nicely” explained to them only to be called “angry” or “closed-minded” or “aggressive” anytime I start challenging their dumbfuck logic anymore.

My coworker was talking to me about how she's realized she's been depressed since Trump took office.

And I'm like yeah... That sadly makes perfect senss.

I even realize that I myself have had such a hard time finding joy in the hobbies and things I used to, because most of my time is focused on keeping up with all the shit happening in this country and trying to figure out what small part I can play in TRYING to make things better... But it's truly feeling like nothing matters anymore... Like checks and balances have gone out the window & Trump is going to have the green light to get away with everything.

But this also makes me fear what is going to happen in Canada. I’ve already seen a massive influx of conservative bullshit rise since the inauguration and I am not here for us following suit into this insanity. The Ontario election was disheartening enough.

Same. I know Trudeau isn't popular with basically everyone rn but he's honestly our best hope in keeping Scheer out of the PM's office next election. I'd love for it to be Singh but... let's be real, he's the wrong colour for most Canadians on BOTH sides to even consider voting for. :/

The Ontario election made me realize that we're really a new era in the history books globally. I was listening to a podcast (maybe one of the Canadaland ones?), and they spoke about how Trudeau was elected before Brexit, before Trump and basically before this seemingly world shift that we're seeing globally with ultra-conservative bullshit, and when he was elected he was sort of "our Obama", so it's going to be interesting how the federal election will play up. Despite everything, I truly believe that Canada is the best country in the West at the moment, and I have hope that we won't be led down the same insane way the States have completely. But we'll see./

I’m mostly worried about immigration—not that people are crossing the border, bc tbh I would be, too, but what the official and unofficial responses will be. trudeau is no political genius (or any kind of genius, really) but even if he were I’m not sure anything short of an actual wall would be enough for some of these people. I don’t think the conservatives have the momentum behind them to win a federal majority, but if they run as the one party seen as ~tough on immigration~, they could be 4 years in power as a minority gov.

MTE. I'm still so angry with this dude I've been "sort of seeing" because he declined his ballot as a ~message~ because he's so far to the left and "none of them represent me" and I was like "Cool, but elections actually affect real people's lives...? Could you just vote as a way to block the worst of the worst from winning?" I almost had him convinced and he kept trying to find ways to get out of it, like "Oh, I'm not registered, oh well!" and I was like "Uh, you can register at the polling location when you vote; just bring govt. issued ID and a piece of mail with your name and address on it," or he'd go "Oh, I won't get time off work to vote, smh, employers trying to keep workers down" and I was like "Legally your employer has to ensure you have at least 3 consecutive hours to go vote, so if the polls are only open for 2 hours after your shift ends, you are entitled to having an hour off so you can vote..." and he was all "Hm, yeah, but employers do illegal shit all the time, I doubt they would let me," and UGH it was just so frustrating. I reminded him several times to go vote and gave him resources and stuff, but then he came back and was like "Yeah, it felt too icky to vote for any of these parties, so I declined my ballot" and omg I'm still so ticked off about it because duh the Conservatives always win when left-leaning people stay home or split their votes between the NDP and Liberals and we REALLY need full pharma-coverage like the NDP were promising >:(

Same. I feel like my passion, motivation, and excitement regarding current events and the electoral process have slowly dwindled away over the last year and a half. Now I'm so cynical and tired that I rarely even actively seek out the news anymore whereas before I always prided myself on staying so informed. I feel too worn down to fight/argue with the idiots anymore. Sadly this is exactly where they want us... I know I shouldn't feel this way, but geez.

i started crying when I got the notification on my phone. roe v wade, gay marriage, voting rights, fuck even civil rights, everything is now on the line.

my husband and I are going to star the passport application process next week. I already have my paperwork filled out. he just needs to do his. I am taking no chances that this place turns into gilead.

same here, bb. my wife and I got our passports 14 months ago in preparation for this. once that notification hit my phone, I fucking lost it. my wife is so calm compared to me and I sat here crying about how they are taking the healthcare we both need and already cant afford, they are coming for us brownies already and us women... and I just couldn't stop crying once I told her that they will stop at nothing to dissolve our marriage and worse.

honestly, focusing on the future in the long term just doesn't seem feasible anymore with how badly we're fucking ourselves over. like what's the point when we're hurtling towards personal destruction so fast?